tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791518.post2235370141436441255..comments2023-09-19T09:05:36.594-07:00Comments on Blackstage Stitches: Stitches 'n StuffsKThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03870494477834182986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791518.post-27100158201731046232007-02-24T14:06:00.000-08:002007-02-24T14:06:00.000-08:00Have a wonderful time at Stitches! Tell us all abo...Have a wonderful time at Stitches! Tell us all about it when you get back. I'm going to live vicariously through you...<BR/><BR/>By the way... the KnitPicks Shimmer is knitting up into a beeyoooutiful swallowtail...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791518.post-84608036275218057632007-02-23T08:21:00.000-08:002007-02-23T08:21:00.000-08:00Have a great time at Stitches! I'm so jealous!Have a great time at Stitches! I'm so jealous!Coleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867297482306775168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791518.post-77524426630486383202007-02-23T05:50:00.000-08:002007-02-23T05:50:00.000-08:00Have a blast at Stitches!!Have a blast at Stitches!!ARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18118220347032957011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791518.post-55142174139290847512007-02-23T03:03:00.000-08:002007-02-23T03:03:00.000-08:00Here's a website that define no/light vs. full:htt...Here's a website that define no/light vs. full:<BR/>http://tkdtutor.com/13Sparring/NoVersusFullContact.htm<BR/><BR/>I tend to have my own definitions based on what we do in the studio, since I don't compete.<BR/><BR/>To me, no contact is sparring without touch. You tend to stay farther away from each other and if you get in closer, you stop your kicks/punches before hitting the body. No protective gear. EXTREME care is used when aiming for the head, if you're even allowed to do so.<BR/><BR/>Light contact is sparring with gentle touch. You pull back as soon as you connect, instead of going through the target. Sparring tends to be closer. Shin and forearm guards are used, torso and head guards aren't. Again, EXTREME care around the head.<BR/><BR/>Full contact is closer, you go through the target, and you wear shin, forearm, torso, and head guards (and moreso in my American studio than here, guards on your hands and feet, too). Still careful around the head, though.<BR/><BR/>Those are the ways I think about them.<BR/><BR/>Hope you enjoyed watching!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com